title: Clinical observation on treatment of clearing the Governor Vessel and refreshing the mind needling in neural development and remediation of children with cerebral palsy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effects of clearing the Governor Vessel and refreshing the mind needling in neural development and remediation of children with cerebral palsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 200 cases of children with cerebral palsy were randomly assigned to the treatment group (100 patients) and the control group (100 patients). The treatment group was given the combined therapy of acupuncture and rehabilitation training, and the chosen acupoints were 13 points of the Governor Vessel, Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zusanli (ST 36) and Sanyinjiao (SP 6), and points of refreshing the mind were also selected, which included puncturing Shenting (GV 24) toward Qianding (GV 21), puncturing Qianding (GV 21) toward Baihui (GV 20), puncturing Baihui (GV 20) toward Naohu (GV 17) and Sishencong (Ex-HN 1). The control group was only treated with rehabilitation training. A contrastive analysis of the therapeutic effect between acupuncture combined with rehabilitation training and rehabilitation training alone was made after a treatment course of 3 months. The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) and Beijing Gesell Developmental Scale were adopted to assess the neural development and rehabilitation outcomes of the two groups. In addition, skull CT/MRI was adopted to evaluate the plerosis of injured cerebral nerve after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate in treatment group was 87% (87/100), significantly higher than the 55% (55/100) in the control group. The children's development quotient (DQ) tested by Gesell Developmental Scale and scores tested by GMFM in the treatment group were obviously higher than those in the control group (P<0.01). The improving and curing rates presented by skull CT/MRI in the treatment group were higher than those in the control group (P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clearing the Governor Vessel and refreshing the mind needling could accelerate the recovery of injured brain nerve and the reconstruction of brain function. The acupuncture therapy could ameliorate both the motor development and cognitive development. On the other hand, the forward curative effect of acupuncture combined with rehabilitation training was significantly better than the rehabilitation training alone.
authors.affiliation: Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation Center of Nanhai Maternity and Children Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Foshan, Guangdong Province 528200, China. Lzh1958424@163.com
authors.forename: Zhen-Huan
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yan-Chao
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Pei-Guang
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Mei-Mei
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xu-Guang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Wen-Jie
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009420:Nervous System / Q000254:growth & development; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome